San Jose, CA - Potential conflicts of interest seen in first-responder network

[jland138]

The $50 million-plus federally funded project was hyped as a major public safety telecommunications coup for the Bay Area, intended to weave together a state-of-the-art broadband network so that police, fire and rescue personnel could communicate easily and securely during a terror attack or major earthquake. But now the ambitious project is facing shock waves of its own.

Potential conflicts of interest seen in first-responder network - San Jose Mercury News

 

[LowBat]

I wonder what this boardband network actually is. I was a fan of Motorola products for decades, but nowadays I treat anything they produce with suspicion after they introduced their propriatary digital system in San Mateo County and the digital trunking mess in Alameda County. I sure hope Santa Clara County doesn't fall victim to another mega million dollar Motorola communications nightmare.

 

[ScannerDude244]

It's a LTE 4g network for Public Safety

San Francisco Bay Area to Deploy a LTE Network

 

[LowBat]

Thanks for the info ScannerDude244.

 

[Stealthguy05]

Which is not YET going to be a voice network... that comes probably in 5 years or so.

 

[daryl]

There is a lot more information about this at the following links:

StimulatingBroadband.com: The BayWeb Examination

StimulatingBroadband.com

The appearance of impropriety (part 5) | Daryl Jones' Weblog

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[LowBat]

Oh what a tangled BayWEB we weave.